Archive | August, 2007

sublimation ain’t always sublime

August 31, 2007

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This post went live when it was merely notes, and was not scheduled to do so.  Sometimes I’ll copy/paste something, an idea, a paragraph, etc. from somewhere else, from a document I once drafted or an IM conversation, reminding me…

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at bat

August 29, 2007

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  bet you a one hour blowjob that not one woman in this bar knows the Casey At Bat story of which you speak."  He raised an eyebrow, realizing now that I’ve brought up blowjobs I must be drunk.  "You…

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“be their mother!” + other fouls

August 27, 2007

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“be their mother!” + other fouls

"He feels hot."
"He’s fine."
"No, he feels hot."
"I just turned up the air conditioning, and he was lying on me, so it’s my body heat."
"No, it’s not that kind of hot."
"Stephanie, please.  He’s fine."
I wasn’t…

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opinions

August 24, 2007

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We heard back from the chief of neurosurgery in Boston.  He let us know that his team reviewed Lucas’s situation at a conference, and he was able to clearly see the ventral cyst in the spine canal.  They believed it…

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metaphorically speaking

August 24, 2007

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I still kind of have no idea where I’m going in Austin.  "Kind of" because I can get downtown, know where a few off the beaten path restaurants are, but I rely heavily on my GPS to get from A…

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manifestation

August 19, 2007

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This is the kind of stuff I’m now cutting from the Moose manuscript.  All things analytical are driving me to ctrl + X.  I wonder if it’s the right decision.  I’m also cutting out tangents… this is a part where…

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waiting

August 16, 2007

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We’re in the waiting room.  Lucas Beckett had another lumbar puncture.  A brain and spinal MRI.  It takes about three to four hours.  They want to compare these images with the ones taken last week.  Are things better, worse, the…

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seconds

August 13, 2007

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seconds

Photo taken this morning…more on my Flickr page>>
He’s happy and home now.  Smiling, cooing, cute in a way I’ve never seen.  More active, interactive, and joyful.  I’m happy in those moments, when I’m beside him, witnessing just how okay…

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